Father Jean Claude Allouez on Lake Superior, 1665-1667

Father Allouez's Journey to Lake Superior, 1665-1667

Allouez's account of his first visit to Wisconsin, during which he sailed the southern shore of Lake Superior and established a camp on Chequamegon Bay, near modern Bayfield. During his two-year mission on Lake Superior he also traveled to Lake Michigan where he visited the Potawotamie and Ho-Chunk at Green Bay.